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leadership527 -> RE: Where are all the young people at? (7/12/2008 5:30:28 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Gorgias
Not that I mind older doms; I'm 19 and my current one is 41. Something sexy about that imbalance, in fact. But I'm still scratching my head. This is the time we should have more people entering the community than ever.
My generation was the first to have access to the internet when we hit puberty, hence an availability of pornography. Now, I'm not saying that looking at this sort of porn will turn you into a dom or a sub, but it will certainly make you aware of your own desires, and probably stoke them so you're more likely to pursue them. I can say for sure that I wouldn't be in the lifestyle if it wasn't for collarme. Moreover, I'd expect an influx of young people hitting puberty, wondering WTF is going on with their sexuality, and joining forums like this one for advice; lord knows the gay forums are full of teenagers coming to grips with their sexuality.
So why isn't it happening here?
I have a few speculations... but they are only that, speculations...
a) The young people... especially doms... are seriously discriminated against. If I were a younger dom, I don't think I'd be calling attention to that fact on this site.
b) The influx from the internet that you are speaking of is also discriminated against in a variety of ways on this (and other) sites. God forbid that you might've been introduced to BDSM online (as I was), Many will tell you that such experience means nothing. I think a lot of the younger people you are referring to probably also have some sort of "experience" in second life, chat rooms, or god knows what else... all of which is seriously maligned here.
In short, I think what you are speculating IS happening -- and not just with young people. I'm 44 and I was introduced to this whole mess via the internet. But sites like this that wish to hang onto the old, pre-internet "good ol' days" are going to mostly miss out on it. My own suspicion is that the BDSM "scene" such as it is, is going ot find itself completely overtaken with a newer "scene" and the "old timers" won't even know what happened because they deliberately weren't looking. That's ok though, they can go the way of old timers through time.. muttering to themselves about "kids nowadays" and "the good old days". If you want to see it in action, visit second life. For all it's warts, you'll find a ton of younger people exploring and experimenting there. Some of those people will make the leap to real life.
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